Beschreibung

This hardcover book with 248 full color pages recounts the history of Masonic clocks and watches. Do some watchmakers were themselves Freemasons and took part in the realization of these exceptional time guards? Does the major brands have participated directly or indirectly to provide this watch niche market? Is it because Freemasonry evolved within a specific temporality that masons have a special relationship with time? In this reference book, you will discover the answers to these questions.More than 200 timepieces freemasons secrets will be revealed to you through detailed pictures of watches, clocks and wristwatches the most common but also pieces that have never been revealed to the public. To realize this book, Didier Gottardini worked closely with specialists and had the honor to enjoy the lights of an undisputed expert in antique watches collection: Jean-Claude Sabrier.This prestigious edition is enriched by fresh thinking about the time of a historian (Roger Dachez) a writer ( Pascal Fournier ) and a sociologist ( Michel Maffesoli ). It is prefaced by Alain Bauer ( former Grand Master of the Masonic GODF and collector of watches ) and Jean-Pierre Servel ( Grand Master of the GLNF ).You will travel from noon to midnight in the mysteries of a world of symbols that you will discover as time passes: Tempus Fugit!

Contents:

I. THE POCKET WATCHES: engravings, carvings and enamelling

II. WRIST WATCHES: Dials, engravings and loops

III. DOMESTIC WATCH: Clocks, table watches and watches

IV. ANNEXES: Auction houses and other collections

Glossary

The French texts are written by Didier Gottardini and Emmanuel Lecugy.